Charles wessoleck



C. WESSOLECK.l

SASH HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED IuNE I4, Igea 1,318,468, I l Patented 0ct.14,1919.

' are the provision of embodiment of CHARLES WESSOLECK, OF HARTFORD,

CONNECTICUT.

SASH-I-IOLDER.

Application led .Tune 14, 1919.

To all 'whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLns Nr.ssonnok, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sash- IIolder-s, of which the following is a specification.

rIhis invention relates to what I shall term a sash holder. I employ this designation somewhat for convenience and for the further fact that the device has been found of particular utility when used in conjunction with two cooperating sashes. Obviously it may be employed with various kinds of sashes and conceivably in other ways, for instance with doors or other closures. have several objects in view. Among them of a device of the character set forth which is capable ofl inexensive construction, strong and serviceable,

can be easily applied, is efficient in action,

and which will hold two sashes or their equivalents in one or more relatively adjusted positions.

In the drawings accompanying and forming part of the present specification, I have shown one of the several convenient forms the invention which to enable those skilled in the art to practice the invention will be set forth in detail in the following description. rlhe novelty of the invention will be included in the claimv succeeding said description. I am not necessarily restricted to said disclosure; I may in fact depart therefrom in several respects within the scope of the invention defined by said claim.

Referring to said drawings.

Figure l is a front elevation of a window equipped with a sash-holder involving the invention.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section on the line 2-2 of Fig. l looking in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on the line 8-3 of Fig. 2 looking in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. l is a vertical sectional elevation the section extending through the keeper.

Fig. 5 is a cross section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 2 looking in the direction of the arrows.

Like characters out the several views which scales.

refer to like parts throughare on different Specification of Letters Patent.

`which these members Fatented Oct. 14, 1919.

Serial No. 304,138.

The device comprises in its organization, two elements one of which may be considered as a keeper member and the other a bolt member. Within limits these parts may vary somewhat as to structure although those shown and denoted respectively in a general way by 2 and 3 have desirably met my conditions. 'Ihere are different ways in 2 and 3 may be employed. Generally the keeper member 2 is united with an upper sash as 4 and the bolt member is associated with a lower sash 5. The bolt member cooperates with the keeper member to hold the sashes fully closed or it may be manipulated in such a way as to relatively operate the sashes so that they may be opened to different positions, as I will hereinafter explain, and then fastened and firmly held. The bolt member is usually accessible only from the interior of a room furnished with these sashes, the result being that when the holder is in active relation and functioning to secure the sashes to each other, they cannot be released exteriorly of the room, the best that can be accomplished being to move both sashes together. In this case access cannot be obtained to the room outside the same by the opening of the sashes yet ample ventilation is provided by way of the opening or openings afforded by the when secured open.

The keeper member 2 is fastened in some suitable way to one of the stiles of the upper sash and I will set forth the means shown by which I may accomplish this result. Said keeper member may be made in any convenient manner. I prefer that it be of all sheet .metal securing in this way strength and rigidity, and as an item comparatively small expense in its production. This keeper member comprises a somewhat elongated tubular body 6 secured by shaping up a proper blank, the back edges of the blank ybeing ing abutment practically throughout the length of the body 6. Said body 6 on the rear side thereof has mating cheeks which produce a series of spaced lugs or ears 7 three of them being shown although this number may not always be necessary. The cheeks or sides of these lugs abut solidly and substantially so that in effect they are integral. Said lugs or ears are curved to it against the bead 8 of the stile which carries the keeper member and they are secured to said stile in some proper positions of the sashes' manner as by screws 9. The front side or wall of the tubular body faces the front of the window andit has in it several perforations or holes as 10 of which there may be any suitable number, the holes generally being spaced apart uniform distances.

The bolt member 3, that is the part considered in its entirety, comprises a base 11 having on its upper-side the channeled portion 12 in which is disposed the bolt 13 the ends of the bolt being slidable in the channeled portion and through holes in the walls 14E closing the ends of the channeled portion. Fitted -around the bolt 13 is a coiled push spring 15 the rear end of which ts against the rear or outer wall and the front end of which acts against the lower end of a thumb-screw (hereinafter described) and normally tends to advance the bolt. Extending through the longitudinal slot 16 of the channeled portion 12 is a thumb-screw as l17 which has a threaded connection with and 'proj ects through the bolt about the middle thereof. This thumb-screw as to one of its functions is to facilitate the manipulation of the bolt. The base 11 has several perforations to receive screws 18 or similar fastenings by which the same may be fastened to the Lipper cross bar of the lower sash in adjacence to the keeper member 2. I might state at this point that the thumb screw 17 may be turned to impinge the bolt 13 against the channeled portion 12 thus either to hold the bolt in its advanced or retracted positions.

' The bolt member 3 will be positioned adjacent to the keeper member 2 these parts as I have stated being attached in the present instance, to the lower and upper sashes Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by vaddressing the Washington, D.A G.

5 and 4c with the bolt member in proximity to the keeper member when the sashes are closed. At the latter time the bolt 13 will be positioned in the lowest hole or perforation 10 to lock or fasten together the two sashes. By drawing back the bolt the sashes are released so that the upper sash can be lowered or the lower sash raised and the bolt then shot by its spring 15 into the second of these perforations to again fasten the sashes together. rIhe bolt can be Vprojected into any one-of the holes 10 and different degrees of adjustment obtained. The bolt can be locked either in its advanced or l/Vhen locked in its advanced position lthe sashes are securely united and cannot be operatedexteriorly of the window to obtain access by such operation eXteriorly of the window. V'Vhen the bolt is locked in its retracted position, the sashes 'may be freely manipulated.

What I claim is:

A keeper member for a sash holder, comprising a tubular sheet metal part, compris# ing a flattened front having several holes therethrough, the portions of the tubular sheet metal part being brought into'abutment on the rear of the same throughout the length thereof and each portion being furnished with longitudinally spaced lugs which mate and lit against each otherree spectively to engage the bead of a sash.

In testimony whereof I aifiX'my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES WESSOLECK. Witnesses: Y p

W. W. CoNvERsE,

HEATH SUTHERLAND.

Commissioner of Patents,

retracted position `by the thumb-screw 17 

